swissie Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 On 10.8.2017 at 4:44 AM, transam said: I live my life from day to day, if I spent my life worrying about what "may" happen that wouldn't be much of a life... Coulden't agree more. But IMO a worrie-free lifestyle must be based on certain foundations, like: - Having kept a major part of ones assets in the home-country (house, for example). - Still keeping in contact with some relatives/friends back home. Making it possible to fall back on some kind of plan "B" if necessary. - Enough "liquidity" in Thailand to be able to handle unforeseen adverse events (health problems, etc etc). With all of the above in place, I can't see a reason not to live a "worry-free" life in Thailand. Another thing it is, if the "worry-free" life is mainly based on ruthless and uncalled for Optimism and/or a "I don't give a damm anyway" attitude and nothing else. Plenty of cases around, where a "worry-free" lifestyle has turned into a nightmare. Life itself does not accomodate for "I should have...." or "Why did nobody tell me before....". Cheers. PS: Hopefully, most retired Farangs living in Venezuela these days have a plan "B". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 11 hours ago, swissie said: Coulden't agree more. But IMO a worrie-free lifestyle must be based on certain foundations, like: - Having kept a major part of ones assets in the home-country (house, for example). - Still keeping in contact with some relatives/friends back home. Making it possible to fall back on some kind of plan "B" if necessary. - Enough "liquidity" in Thailand to be able to handle unforeseen adverse events (health problems, etc etc). With all of the above in place, I can't see a reason not to live a "worry-free" life in Thailand. Another thing it is, if the "worry-free" life is mainly based on ruthless and uncalled for Optimism and/or a "I don't give a damm anyway" attitude and nothing else. Plenty of cases around, where a "worry-free" lifestyle has turned into a nightmare. Life itself does not accomodate for "I should have...." or "Why did nobody tell me before....". Cheers. PS: Hopefully, most retired Farangs living in Venezuela these days have a plan "B". I lost all my assets back home via illness and a messy divorce. everything l worked and planned for went up in smoke, l am sure there are many guys like me who just said "sod it" and buggered off to LOS. There was no way I was going to end up in a couple of rooms watching telly for the rest of my days. I met a nice lady here, built a fab house in a fab location, my illness went into remission because of the constant heat, so at the mo l am a happy bunny with many years in LOS under my belt. For sure I took a chance, a gamble, but if it went tits up tomorrow l would still say l made the right decision.. To me life is like a book with many chapters, my present chapter is still being written... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 On 10/08/2017 at 3:31 PM, jippytum said: Keeping a check on visitors to your country may be a bit overdone in Thailand but I wish my country had a tighter immigration control regarding immigrants. well said, me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 well said, me too. Where is your home country? I'm British and I wish they would relax the immigration controls on visas for Thais and other foreigners. I can't think of many western countries that are as open to visas as Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said: Where is your home country? I'm British and I wish they would relax the immigration controls on visas for Thais and other foreigners. I can't think of many western countries that are as open to visas as Thailand. l agree the 30 day holiday thing should be available to Thais for holidays couldn't be any worse then others sneaking in Uk in lorries and trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 2 hours ago, transam said: l am a happy bunny with many years in LOS under my belt. For sure I took a chance, a gamble, but if it went tits up tomorrow l would still say l made the right decision.. To me life is like a book with many chapters, my present chapter is still being written... A likeness to a quote in the book of my life l'm writing for my family off-spring. Once a special and good friend of my said, “ Life and friends are like a book to me. Probably some places and people are in it from beginning to end. Some are only chapters. Some just pages. Some a paragraph maybe, many just a sentence or a word or two.” A likable and good analogy and a perfect true life thought I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 4 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: Where is your home country? I'm British and I wish they would relax the immigration controls on visas for Thais and other foreigners. I can't think of many western countries that are as open to visas as Thailand. British Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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